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192:). Iron scaffolding was imported from Singapore and wood for the sleepers from Malacca. The locomotives and rolling stock were ordered from Britain through the Dutch Consul-General in Singapore. These arrived on 5 May 1875; however shortage of labor meant that the line was not completed until September 1876.
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announced a plan on 26 June 1874 to build a narrow-gauge railroad between Koeta Radja and Oleh Leh on the coast. A jetty was to be constructed at Oleh Leh. This line had a total length of 5 km (3.1 mi) and was known as the Atjeh
Military Tramway.
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Three 0-6-0T locomotives were ordered in 1874 via the Dutch consulate in
Singapore, 2 from Fox Walker and one from Hohenzollern. They were delivered, along with the rest of the materials for the railway, in May 1875.
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On 1 January 1882 a civil administration was introduced in Aceh. The operation of the line was transferred to the
Burgerlijke Openbare Werken (BOW), part of the government's civil service.
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between 1898 and 1904. Two 4-6-0 tender locomotives were supplied by
Werkspoor in 1922. Six 2-8-0 tender locomotives were supplied by Hanomag in 1930 and a further six by
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in Dutch). Originally a loop for the port of Oleh Leh, it was rebuilt as a route for the transport of military goods stretching from Ule Lheu to the port of
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231:), which was the gauge selected to be used for the "public" Atjeh Tramway from Koeta Radja to Pangkalan Susu. The 3 locomotives, 2 from
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60:. The line was 511 kilometers (318 mi) long, with 120 stops and stations along the way. It was finished in 1917. During the
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from 1887 to 1899. A further two were built in 1904 by the
Kutaraja and the Sigli engineering shops of the tramway.
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The line was also used for civilian transportation; by 1920 it moved over 4 million people and over 153,000
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the railroad proved of great importance for the quick transportation of troops and material.
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in 1962. The latter firm also supplied six 2-6-0 tender locomotives in the same year.
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lost artillery pieces crossing this strip of land on the way to besiege the capital.
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333:(in Dutch). Vol. 2. Brill Archive. p. 71ff – via Google Books.
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A class of twelve 2-4-0T locomotives were constructed for the line by
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A class of forty-two 0-6-0T locomotives were built by
Hanomag and
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the line as a whole became derelict. A study done in 2005 by the
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372:"The Steam Locomotive Roosters of Atjehtramweg Maatschappij"
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344:"Une voie ferrée pourrait renaître après le tsunami".
94:suggested that the line could be repaired, but the
376:Tracing the Lost Railway Lines of Indonesia (blog)
239:, were no longer suitable and were transferred to
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428:1874 establishments in the Dutch East Indies
195:In 1884 the Military authorities decided to
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413:Railway companies disestablished in 1882
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182:The gauge chosen for the track was
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403:Transport in the Dutch East Indies
278:T configuration operated over the
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82:Parts of it were used even after
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284:Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
20:Atjeh Tram, crossing the
423:3 ft 6 in gauge railways
205:3 ft 6 in
190:3 ft 6 in
282:; six were supplied by
176:Governor General Loudon
172:Second Aceh Expeditions
32:was a railroad line in
418:Rail transport in Asia
162:The Acehnese capital,
86:, but due also to the
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327:Kreemer, J. (1878).
268:Du Croo & Brauns
96:narrow-gauge railway
58:Sultanate of Langkat
42:Military engineering
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88:Acehnese rebellion
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247:Locomotives
210:750 mm
164:Koeta-Radja
101:750 mm
397:Categories
314:References
233:Fox Walker
77:short tons
75:; 169,000
30:Atjeh Tram
22:Aceh River
270:in 1931.
264:Werkspoor
243:in 1884.
73:long tons
71:(151,000
347:La Croix
302:See also
229: in
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62:Aceh War
276:0-4-4-2
257:Hanomag
224:⁄
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124:widened
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69:tonnes
330:Atjeh
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199:from
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